Future Communication Trends toward Internet of Things Services and Applications

Abstract

As networks have continued to gain popularity throughout the 1980s and well into today, communication technologies have taken a critical number of major t wists and turns, with a wide variety of wireless technologies, protocols, services, and configurations developed and deployed. There have been murmurs of network functions virtualization and software-defined networking in the past 10 years, but these technologies have been caught in the spotlight of attention in recent years. Today, network functions (e.g., firewalls) reside in the cloud to increase network agility and scalability while also enabling effective use of net work resources. Similarly, mobility has advanced from an employee’s former luxury to today ’s business necessity. Mobile devices and smartphones have not only transformed personal communicat ions but also increased business productivity and revolutionized society. Consonantly, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been dominating the technological landscape, from autonomous connected vehicles to wearable devices.